Many gathered on the mountain and spent the day building snowmen, having snowball fights and holding tobogganing races.

Emirati men enjoyed the snow while holding tobogganing races on the mountain.

Courtesy Yousef Bin Shakar Alzaabi

While the region Ras al-Khaimah has experienced snow several years in a row, the heavy snowfall at Jebel Jais mountain was unusual.

"It was pretty busy (on the mountain) as we don't usually get snow in UAE, so people from all (over) the Emirates came to see the snow," a photographer in the region, Yousef Bin Shakar Alzaabi, told CNN.

The UAE's weather service recorded a low of -5 degrees Celsius (23 Fahrenheit) on Friday evening.

Courtesy Yousef Bin Shakar Alzaabi

The average minimum temperature across the UAE since 2003 has been 13.3 degrees Celsius (55.58 Fahrenheit) according to the NCMS.

Despite the snow being welcomed and celebrated by many, elsewhere organizers for the Tour of Dubai were forced to cancel stage four of the cycling race due to high winds causing dangerous conditions.